Question

Which of the following states won the 10th National Award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) in 2015?
1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Assam
4. Madhya Pradesh

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Madhya Pradesh

The correct answer is Madhya Pradesh.

• Madhya Pradesh won the 10th National Award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) on February 2, 2015.
• The award was given to Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava of Madhya Pradesh by the Union Rural Development Minister Virendra Singh at the MGNREGA summit held in New Delhi.

• The award was given to Madhya Pradesh for convergence of MGNREGA and other schemes for construction of permanent assets and for excellent work in providing opportunities for earning permanent income.
• Madhya Pradesh is leading in the construction of permanent assets through MGNREGA convergence in the country.
• The construction of 74 per cent of permanent assets has been done through MGNREGA in the state. 

• National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 was later renamed the Mahatma Gandhi.
  • National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ( MGNREGA), is Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'.
  • It aims to ensure livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
  • Starting from 200 districts on February 2, 2006, the MGNREGA covered all the districts of India from 1 April 2008.